The San Francisco based techno-thriller gave an opportunity to combine my favourite elements of oils, loose 24ct gold leaf, and digitally captured permanent marker line drawings into a stark, bold book cover. The image was finalised with Gimp: softly shadowed author text, fake code generated with Codem Ipsum (https://codemipsum.pomb.us/), and added in conjunction with the digitally produced laptop. The book is available on Amazon: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/American-Prodigy-Aaron-Davies-ebook/dp/B08QR71112/
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American prodigy - second layer: 24ct gold
American prodigy - third layer: oil
American prodigy - fourth layer: oil
![American prodigy - digitally enhanced first layer](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/2552c7f7-4d9c-4f7c-b17f-fcd9448e952a/291aefe7-475c-47a0-8699-3d79f7b77740_rw_1920.png?h=112188aa2755a00226f84f77925eec9f)
American prodigy - digitally enhanced first layer
![American prodigy - digitally enhanced final layer](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/2552c7f7-4d9c-4f7c-b17f-fcd9448e952a/3ad46dbd-0ea1-4db2-8a7f-376f0085caa2_rw_1920.jpg?h=585ee7b569d03e6da96e13bf8c087895)
American prodigy - digitally enhanced final layer
![Finished book!](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/2552c7f7-4d9c-4f7c-b17f-fcd9448e952a/8f7c2b77-ac14-457e-ab0f-c89886892987_rw_1920.jpeg?h=9d0dd64ba85548f511d5605b5748a066)